package arg import ( "fmt" "io" "os" "reflect" "strings" ) // the width of the left column const colWidth = 25 // Fail prints usage information to stderr and exits with non-zero status func (p *Parser) Fail(msg string) { p.WriteUsage(os.Stderr) fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error:", msg) os.Exit(-1) } // WriteUsage writes usage information to the given writer func (p *Parser) WriteUsage(w io.Writer) { var positionals, options []*spec for _, spec := range p.spec { if spec.positional { positionals = append(positionals, spec) } else { options = append(options, spec) } } if p.version != "" { fmt.Fprintln(w, p.version) } fmt.Fprintf(w, "Usage: %s", p.config.Program) // write the option component of the usage message for _, spec := range options { // prefix with a space fmt.Fprint(w, " ") if !spec.required { fmt.Fprint(w, "[") } fmt.Fprint(w, synopsis(spec, "--"+spec.long)) if !spec.required { fmt.Fprint(w, "]") } } // write the positional component of the usage message for _, spec := range positionals { // prefix with a space fmt.Fprint(w, " ") up := strings.ToUpper(spec.long) if spec.multiple { fmt.Fprintf(w, "[%s [%s ...]]", up, up) } else { fmt.Fprint(w, up) } } fmt.Fprint(w, "\n") } // WriteHelp writes the usage string followed by the full help string for each option func (p *Parser) WriteHelp(w io.Writer) { var positionals, options []*spec for _, spec := range p.spec { if spec.positional { positionals = append(positionals, spec) } else { options = append(options, spec) } } if p.description != "" { fmt.Fprintln(w, p.description) } p.WriteUsage(w) // write the list of positionals if len(positionals) > 0 { fmt.Fprint(w, "\nPositional arguments:\n") for _, spec := range positionals { left := " " + strings.ToUpper(spec.long) fmt.Fprint(w, left) if spec.help != "" { if len(left)+2 < colWidth { fmt.Fprint(w, strings.Repeat(" ", colWidth-len(left))) } else { fmt.Fprint(w, "\n"+strings.Repeat(" ", colWidth)) } fmt.Fprint(w, spec.help) } fmt.Fprint(w, "\n") } } // write the list of options fmt.Fprint(w, "\nOptions:\n") for _, spec := range options { printOption(w, spec) } // write the list of built in options printOption(w, &spec{boolean: true, long: "help", short: "h", help: "display this help and exit"}) if p.version != "" { printOption(w, &spec{boolean: true, long: "version", help: "display version and exit"}) } } func printOption(w io.Writer, spec *spec) { left := " " + synopsis(spec, "--"+spec.long) if spec.short != "" { left += ", " + synopsis(spec, "-"+spec.short) } fmt.Fprint(w, left) if spec.help != "" { if len(left)+2 < colWidth { fmt.Fprint(w, strings.Repeat(" ", colWidth-len(left))) } else { fmt.Fprint(w, "\n"+strings.Repeat(" ", colWidth)) } fmt.Fprint(w, spec.help) } // If spec.dest is not the zero value then a default value has been added. v := spec.dest if v.IsValid() { z := reflect.Zero(v.Type()) if (v.Type().Comparable() && z.Type().Comparable() && v.Interface() != z.Interface()) || v.Kind() == reflect.Slice && !v.IsNil() { fmt.Fprintf(w, " [default: %v]", v) } } fmt.Fprint(w, "\n") } func synopsis(spec *spec, form string) string { if spec.boolean { return form } return form + " " + strings.ToUpper(spec.long) }